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According to a statement made by the IRS yesterday, taxpayers can being filing their taxes 2014 returns on Jan. 20.

In spite of a last-minute tax law that as passed by Congress and and signed by President Obama, tax-filing season will begin on time.

Early in December, a bill was passed by Congress that extended more than 50 tax breaks that expired at the beginning of the year. This law has extended these tax breaks through the year’s end, making it possible for people to claim these on their taxes 2014 returns. This bill was signed into law by President Obama on Dec. 10.

In years past, tax season has been delayed by last-minute tax laws that were passed by Congress. According to John Koskinen, the IRS Commissioner, this will not be the case this year.

In a statement, Koskinen said that the IRS has reviewed the late changes to tax law and found that there was nothing to prevent them from testing and updating their systems.

Every year, millions of Americans file their returns during the first several weeks of the tax season in order to expedite their tax returns.

The IRS says that in recent years, it has been able to issue the majority of tax returns within just 21 days if these returns were e-filed through a system like TurboTax. According to the IRS, filing electronically is the quickest way to get a tax return.

Kosinken also told reporters that refunds could be delayed as the result of agency budget cuts. In this recent statement, however, he did not estimate the time frame for this delay.

Approximately 150 million individual tax returns will be processed by the IRS this year. The average refund this year was about $2,800.

There is nothing better this time of year than watching the Superbowl especially if your team made it. Even if they did not, the Superbowl is an exciting game that even the less inclined football fans will be watching. With everyone’s eyes on the game, the commercials draw in viewers like no other event in the world. Wives and Mothers and disinterested daughters will even enter the room to check out the coveted spots. That is because the commercials are great during the game, and Turbo Tax will be apart of the game day festivities. These clever and reality based commercials are sure to be hit this year, and bigger than even Budweiser…….OK, maybe not as big as Budweiser, but certainly entertaining and engaging. With ads revolving around our everyday life and the questions that surround it, these cute and clever ads take the scary out of tax time. What better way to introduce Turbo Tax to America than with a Superbowl ad. Theses commercials are notoriously engaging and send a powerful message about how easy tax time can really be. So shrug off the stress, enjoy the game, and learn how easy it is to use Turbo Tax.

With ads like “Did you get a new job?” it is a sure bet that a lot of us are going to relate to these ads on a personal level. With the economy the way it is, it is a good bet that a great number of American’s are going to relate to getting that new job. Wouldn’t we all like to spin in a chair in our new office? How about the “Did you get married” spot where the new wife is asking a lot of questions as she and her husband explore their world together, and it ends with showing how easy it is to answer the Turbo Tax questions, and answering questions might not always be the easiest thing to do. Don’t be intimidated by your 2014 taxes, these ads seem to say, and for most of us that is the exact thing we want to hear. Young people doing their taxes for the first time this year will really relate to these commercials, and having the Superbowl as a forum to present these clever clips will be just the thing to get them thinking about their responsibilities, not with trepidation and fear, but with confidence that Turbo Tax will get them through it will relative ease.